Daours

Daours
Daours
Location within Picardy region Daours
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gérard Holleville
Area1	8.65 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	781
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80234 / 80800
Elevation	22–96 m (72–315 ft) (avg. 53 m or 174 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Daours is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Daours is situated on the D1 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 7 miles (11 km) east of Amiens.

Population

Historical population of Daours

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	709	718	788	762	789	768	781
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Daours on the Quid website (French)
• Communes around Daours (French)
• South Africans buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extenion